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Striker Snapped Up Early U's bring in Conor Wilkinson
"The striker has been signed from Scottish Premiership side Motherwell for an undisclosed fee, having been with the Steelmen for the past six months.
Wilkinson started his career at Millwall as a fifteen year old, but was signed by fellow Championship side Bolton Wanderers three years later.
After four years with Bolton, he spent two years at Gillingham, Orient and Walsall before heading north of the border last summer.
The twenty eight year old, who celebrates his birthday later this month, is expected to go striaght into the U's squad for the game at Swindon, subject to all the usual paperwork ratifications."
Sammie Szmodics celebrated signing a new contract by helping Blackburn Rovers to victory against a resilient Birmingham City in an end-to-end Championship fixture at Ewood Park.
The Championship's leading scorer, who on Tuesday committed his future to Rovers until the end of the 2025-26 season, took his tally this season to 13 goals with a double strike during a white-hot second half in the Lancashire cold.
And in case, like me, who may have missed this on YouTube last year - take a listen to Frank Nouble and Mika Mandron interviewing "Mr Essex, Mr Colchester" in the words of Mandron, or "the special one, the chosen one" in the words of Nouble!